20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
After directing several award-winning short films, Portuguese film director Miguel Gomes made his first feature-length film, The Face You Deserve, in 2004. He confirmed his international success with his next four feature films: Our Beloved Month of August (2008), selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at the Festival de Cannes; Tabu (2012), presented at the Berlinale, where it won the Alfred Bauer Award and the FIPRESCI Prize; his Arabian Nights trilogy (2015), presented in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes; and The Tsugua Diaries (2021; co-director with Maureen Fazendeiro), also presented in the Directors' Fortnight. Grand Tour (2024), his sixth feature, had its world premiere in the Official Competition at Cannes, where it won the Best Director Award.
Rangoon, Burma, 1917. Edward, a civil servant of the British Empire, runs away on the day his fiancée Molly arrives for their wedding. During his travels, however, panic gives way to melancholy. Contemplating the emptiness of his existence, the cowardly Edward wonders what has become of Molly… Determined to get married, and amused by her fiancé’s move, Molly follows his trail on this Grand Tour of Asia.
Director Miguel Gomes
Producer Filipa Reis
Screenwriter Mariana Ricardo, Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes
Cinematographer Rui Poças, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Guo Liang
Production Designer Thales Junqueira, Marcos Pedroso
Art Director
Editor Telmo Churro, Pedro Filipe Marques
Sound Vasco Pimentel, Li Kelan, Miguel Martins
Music
Color black and white
Production Company Uma Pedra no Sapato
International Sales Company The Match Factory
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.